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Making it After 40
Episodes
66 episodes
Grace Chon - Photography & The Healing Arts
In this episode, Lisa chats with photographer and hypno-coach, Grace Chon. Grace shares how she started her career in advertising and soon found herself building a creative career out of a what started as a hobby to help shelter dogs find homes...
Carrie-Ann Pishnak - Rockin' Awesome Improv
In this episode Lisa chats with actor, improvisor and Executive Director of Youth Academy of Dramatic Arts, Carrie-Ann Pishnak. Carrie-Ann was mainstay in the Second City Hollywood office where she worked behind the scenes for many years in mar...
Kris Demeanor - Making Music With Your Own Rules
In this episode Lisa chats with Kris Demeanor, a musician and sometimes actor based in Calgary. Kris shares how his father taught him to be explore creative via the medium of the visual arts, but then Kris translated that creative freedom to ex...
Carla Cackowski - Episodical Podcast
In this episode, Lisa chats with writer, improviser and podcaster, Carla Cackowski. Lisa and Carla met in 2017 when Carla was her improv teacher at Second City Hollywood. Carla shares her journey as an actor, starting out in Kentucky and finall...
Jeff Pride - Self Tapes Here
In this week's episode, Lisa chats with actor and Self-Tape guru, Jeff Pride. Jeff started his acting journey in his 20's, but didn't find success until he properly trained and made a few tweaks to his image that allowed him to stand out to cas...
Mary Payne Moran - The Vita Gang Mysteries
In this first new episode back for the new season, Lisa chats with Mary Payne Moran, a chef by trade who was inspired to write a children's book about nutrition. Mary's story is full of ups and down and over coming challenges. Her culinary care...
Emily Ziff Griffin - Revisited
In this episode, we revisit episode 39 with Emily Ziff Griffin, a writer of fiction books, essays and screenplays. Emily started her career in her early 20's assisting and then producing films with Philip Seymour Hoffman. In her mid-30's Emily ...
Emily Barth Isler - AfterMath & The Color of Sound
In this episode, Lisa chats with, author and journalist Emily Barth Isler. Emily shares how she started her creative journey as an actor, but eventually found her true passion in writing. Emily writes regularly about sustainability, organic/eco...
Elizabeth Boykewich - The EB Co.
In this episode, Lisa chats with former casting director turned Mindfulness & Leadership coach, Elizabeth Boykewich. Elizabeth had an incredible career in casting discovering the hottest and most talented stars, which culminated in her beco...
Adam Martinez - Finding Your Funny
In this episode, Lisa chat with stand-up comic, Adam Martinez. Adam started performing stand-up in Chicago in his mid-thirties, and even started taking improve at Second City Chicago, but before he could finish the program, he soon ...
Michal Lali Kagan - Working a Day Career to Feed Your Creative Career
In this episode, Lisa chats with successful screenwriter and aspiring author Michal Lali Kagan. Lali shares with us her creative journey which has blossomed along side a day career at Universal, as a Vice President in the credits department. La...
Stephen Cannon - Opera Singer Turned Actor
In this episode, Lisa chats with former opera singer turned actor Stephen Cannon. Stephen is one of those braves soles who decided to change careers in middle age. He has jumped in with both feet and got right into training all over Los Angeles...
Vanessa McGrady - Rock Needs River
In this episode Lisa chats with journalist and author, Vanessa McGrady. Vanessa has written for Forbes, the New York Times, the Washington Post, KPCC/LAist and so many more publications. She is also the author of her 2019 memoir Rock Needs Rive...
Mo Perkins - Quiet Strength
In this episode, Lisa chats with director & writer, Mo Perkins. Mo shares with us her journey to becoming a film director including her early experiences of discovering her passion for storytelling via cinema, her experience with motherhood...
Lisa Rodriguez - Making it After 40
In this one year anniversary show, Lisa makes herself the guest and invites her dear friend and host of the Mothering Heights Podcast, Leonora Pitts, to be her guest host. Lisa and Leonora chat about the catalyst for starting the podcast, commo...
Rich Baker - Play Like a Team
In this episode Lisa chats with actor, improviser and writer Rich Baker. Lisa and Rich chat about his acting journey and transition to focus on mainly teaching, coaching, writing and working with corporations as keynote speaker and workshop fac...
Clayton Farris - Lean Into Your Unique Voice
In this episode, Lisa chats with actor and comedian Clayton Farris, who is best known on Instagram for his many viral videos, including Every Los Angeles Hike, Erewhon Shopper Goes to a Regular Grocery Story, Gen Z Breakup and the whole breakup...
Heather Dowling - 35 Jobs in 35 Years
In this episode, Lisa chats with actor and solo show coach, Heather Dowling. Heather started her acting career at age 39 when she and her husband picked up and moved to Los Angeles for his career. At this point in her life, Heather had been emp...
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Deborah Willis - Girlfriend on Mars
In this episode, Lisa chats with fictional author Deborah Willis whose first novel is set to release on June 13th. Deborah and Lisa talk parenting, juggling responsibilities when both parents are freelance artists, Deborah's journey to writing ...
Frank Caeti - Guidance, Compassion and Art
In this episode, Lisa chats with actor, writer, director, Frank Caeti. Frank is best known for his work on MadTV in the early 2000's, but among actor and improv circles is also known for his director and mentorship abilities. Frank has a knack ...
Deepti Gupta - Ask And You Shall Receive
In this episode, Lisa chats with actress and audio book narrator, Deepti Gupta. Deepti talks about her choosing to pursue acting against her father's wishes, immigrating to the US to earn her MFA, AI and the future of the entertainment industry...
Lynn Downey Braswell - Work of Art Coaching
In this episode, Lisa chats with actress, writer, director, producer and mindset coach, Lynn Downey Braswell. Lynn shares with us the journey to booking some really great roles after being in Los Angeles for 9 years, which were then followed by...
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Amanda Deibert - You Already Have the Answers
In this episode, Lisa chats with writer Amanda Deibert. Amanda shares with us how story of how she transitioned from acting to writing for TV, which then led to writing comic books for DC, Marvel and Disney. Her writing career has extended to w...
Mary Arden Gorman - LoveBug & Me Music
In this episode, Lisa chats with founder of LoveBug & Me Music, Mary Arden Gorman. Mary shares with us how she started the business in Topanga Canyon with a small group of caregivers and their babies and how it has now grown to 75 classes t...
Keiko Elizabeth - Carving Your Own Path
In this week's episode, Lisa chats with actress, filmmaker and producer, Keiko Elizabeth. Keiko found her way to performing via her first career as a middle school teacher. Through helping a student write and produce a play about the tragic los...
